L'image fut sidérante : un chef d'État, Nicolas Maduro, capturé avec sa femme, suivi d'un président, Donald Trump, annonçant tranquillement que les États-Unis allaient diriger le Vénézuéla et y installer des compagnies pétrolières. Cet acte brutal, sans soubassement juridique, est une affirmation de puissance. Il vise la soumission à l'ordre du monde voulu par Trump et la mainmise sur le pétrole, mot qui a d'ailleurs été prononcé plus de vingt fois lors de sa conférence de presse.
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Sans minorer les aspects idéologiques ou géopolitiques de l'intervention américaine – réaffirmer la doctrine Monroe, asseoir des sphères d'influence impériales –, on ne peut comprendre l'enlèvement de Nicolas Maduro si l'on ignore les masses financières colossales associées à un changement de régime à Caracas.
Il ne s'agit pas de minorer les aspects idéologiques ou géopolitiques de l'intervention américaine – réaffirmer la doctrine Monroe, asseoir des sphères d'influence impériales. (…)

“Russia can only win the war”, “Russia has never been defeated”, “How naïve to think one could vanquish a country that possesses nuclear weapons”... etc, etc. This refrain (which is inaccurate), originating from the Kremlin, is being broadcast insistently by the right, the far right, and a certain “radical” left.
We witnessed a recent illustration of this in Belgium when all parties represented in Parliament, from Vlaams Belang to the PTB, supported De Wever in the matter of Russian (…)

In the two years since its nationalisation, Ukrnafta has generated more profits than in the 20 years it was privately owned.
On 5 November 2022, the public limited company ‘Ukrnafta' was transferred to state ownership. Until 2022, Ukrnafta was owned by oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi. Between 2022 and 2023, Ukrnafta's profits reached nearly US$1 billion, exceeding the profits made by the company during the entire period it was owned by Ihor Kolomoyskyi. Since its nationalisation, Ukrnafta has (…)

Against Capitalism and Bureaucracy: Ernest Mandel's Theoretical Contributions By Manuel Kellner, translated by Maciej Zurowski Foreword to the English Edition by Michael Löwy Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2024, 465 pages including index. $40 paperback.
AN ACCUMULATION OF global crises and catastrophes have been generating powerful stirrings of radicalization throughout the world that are causing increasing numbers of young activists to reach out for examples and insights from revolutionary (…)